We're working to ensure staff in universities and colleges are equipped for a changing digital environment

Effective and appropriate use of technology by university and college staff is vital in providing an enhanced student experience and in realising a good return on investment in the digital environment.

What we’re doing

We’re working with stakeholders and sector bodies to:

Provide clear guidance on the digital skills and capabilities that are required for a range of staff roles

Equip leaders and staff with the tools and resources they need to improve digital capability at a local or institutional level

Building on our previous work on developing digital literacies for staff and students and through a consultation with a range of stakeholders using our co-design approach, we identified the current challenges institutions face when developing the digital capabilities of their staff and students.

Supporting resources

Digital discovery tool (beta)

Our ‘digital discovery’ tool (beta) has been designed to support individual staff (and soon students) working in universities, colleges and training providers to reflect on their digital capabilities.

The tool presents a series of reflective questions that relate to the different elements of digital capability as defined in our digital capability framework (pdf). These are followed by a visual profile of their capabilities, feedback and suggested actions and resources that might help staff and students progress.

Following feedback gained from this pilot, the tool has been redesigned and developed in a new platform. The new beta tool is being piloted by 100 organisations across FE, HE and skills from January to May 2018. The evaluation of the pilot will be used to inform the future of the service.

Stay up to date

To find out more and keep in touch with the work visit our project blog.

The next opportunity to get involved with the tool (outside of the pilot) will be September 2018. Please contact the team (digitalcapability@jisc.ac.uk) if you’d like to find out more.

Role profiles

We’ve designed a series of role profiles, which align to the framework and highlight the digital capabilities associated with particular roles. The profiles have been developed collaboratively and mapped to relevant professional frameworks. They are designed to support team leaders in identifying the digital capabilities their teams need.

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As of September 2018, this project will transition to a full service. If you would like to enquire about how to purchase this optional service, or to be kept up to date on progress, please register your interest by filling out our form.